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Saturday September 18, 1971
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Frank Howard drove in four runs with a single, triple and homer as the Senators snapped their nine-game losing streak by defeating the Red Sox, 6-1. [The Sporting News]


Washington Senators 6, Boston Red Sox 1

Game Played on Saturday, September 18, 1971 (Night game) at Robert F. Kennedy Stadium

Red Sox      1  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   1  5  2
Senators     2  0  2    0  0  0    2  0  x  -   6 10  0


Red Sox              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Senators             AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Griffin 2b            4   1   2   0     0   0   .248      Maddox cf             3   1   1   0     1   1   .220
Aparicio ss           3   0   0   0     1   0   .230      Nelson 3b             4   2   1   0     0   0   .272
Lahoud rf             4   0   0   0     0   1   .216      Howard 1b             4   1   3   4     0   1   .279
Smith cf              4   0   1   1     0   1   .290        McCraw pr,1b        0   1   0   0     0   0   .209
Petrocelli 3b         3   0   0   0     1   1   .239      Billings c            2   1   0   1     1   0   .237
Cooper 1b             3   0   0   0     0   0   .333      Burroughs lf          4   0   1   1     0   1   .253
Oglivie lf            3   0   1   0     0   0   .292      Harrah ss             4   0   2   0     0   0   .219
Montgomery c          3   0   0   0     0   0   .244      Unser rf              4   0   2   0     0   1   .262
Brett p               1   0   0   0     0   0   .200      Cullen 2b             2   0   0   0     2   1   .191
  Gagliano ph         1   0   0   0     0   0   .311      Gogolewski p          2   0   0   0     0   1   .138
  Tatum p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .300        Grzenda p           2   0   0   0     0   2   .167
  Scott ph            1   0   1   0     0   0   .266
  Curtis p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               30   1   5   1     2   3             Totals               31   6  10   6     4   8

Time of Game: 2:14   Attendance:  3,671
Left on Base: Red Sox 4, Senators 6
DP: Red Sox 1, Senators 2
Errors: Griffin, Cooper
Doubles: Burroughs (9), Nelson (8)
Triples: Howard (2)
Home Runs: Howard (24)
Stolen Bases: Griffin (10), Unser (11), Cullen (2)
Caught Stealing: Maddox (3), Harrah (7)
Sacrifice Flies: Billings (4)
GIDP: Montgomery (6), Aparicio (7), Cullen (11)


Red Sox                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Brett L(0-3)            5     5   4   3   4   4   1  24   4.89
Tatum                   2     3   2   2   0   2   0   8   4.27
Curtis                  1     2   0   0   0   2   0   4   3.18
Totals                  8    10   6   5   4   8   1  36

Senators               IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Gogolewski W(5-5)       5     4   1   1   0   0   0  17   2.75
Grzenda SV(4)           4     1   0   0   2   3   0  15   2.09
Totals                  9     5   1   1   2   3   0  32

Umpires: HP - John Rice, 1B - Bill Kunkel, 2B - Red Flaherty, 3B - Ron Luciano


RED SOX 1ST: Griffin singled to right; Griffin stole second;
Aparicio grounded out (shortstop to first); Lahoud flied out to
left; Smith singled to right [Griffin scored]; Petrocelli
grounded out (third to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Red Sox 1,
Senators 0.

SENATORS 1ST: Maddox singled to center; Nelson reached on an
error by Griffin [Maddox to third, Nelson to second]; Howard
singled to right [Maddox scored, Nelson scored (unearned)];
Billings forced Howard (shortstop to second); Burroughs struck
out; Harrah singled to right [Billings to second]; Unser struck
out; 2 R (1 ER), 3 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Red Sox 1, Senators 2.

RED SOX 2ND: Cooper grounded out (second to first); Oglivie
singled to left; Montgomery grounded into a double play (second
to shortstop to first) [Oglivie out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Red Sox 1, Senators 2.

SENATORS 2ND: Cullen walked; On a bunt Gogolewski forced Cullen
(pitcher to shortstop); Maddox forced Gogolewski (third to
second); Nelson grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Red Sox 1, Senators 2.

RED SOX 3RD: Brett grounded out (pitcher to first); Griffin
singled to center; Aparicio grounded into a double play (pitcher
to shortstop to first) [Griffin out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Red Sox 1, Senators 2.

SENATORS 3RD: Howard homered; Billings walked; Burroughs doubled
to center [Billings scored]; Harrah flied out to right
[Burroughs to third]; Unser reached on a fielder's choice
[Burroughs out at home (shortstop to catcher)]; Unser stole
second [Unser to third (error by Cooper)]; Cullen walked; Cullen
stole second; Gogolewski struck out; 2 R, 2 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Red
Sox 1, Senators 4.

RED SOX 4TH: Lahoud flied out to center; Smith flied out to
right; Petrocelli flied to left in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox 1, Senators 4.

SENATORS 4TH: Maddox walked; Nelson flied out to right; Maddox
was picked off and caught stealing second (pitcher to first to
shortstop); Howard struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox 1,
Senators 4.

RED SOX 5TH: Cooper grounded out (pitcher to third to first);
Oglivie flied out to center; Montgomery grounded out (second to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox 1, Senators 4.

SENATORS 5TH: Billings grounded out (shortstop to first);
Burroughs popped to second; Harrah grounded out (third to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox 1, Senators 4.

RED SOX 6TH: GRZENDA REPLACED GOGOLEWSKI (PITCHING); GAGLIANO
BATTED FOR BRETT; Gagliano flied out to right; Griffin grounded
out (shortstop to first); Aparicio walked; Lahoud lined to
center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Red Sox 1, Senators 4.

SENATORS 6TH: TATUM REPLACED GAGLIANO (PITCHING); Unser singled
to center; Cullen grounded into a double play (third to second
to first) [Unser out at second]; Grzenda was called out on
strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox 1, Senators 4.

RED SOX 7TH: Smith grounded out (second to first); Petrocelli
walked; Cooper forced Petrocelli (pitcher to shortstop); Oglivie
grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Red Sox
1, Senators 4.

SENATORS 7TH: Maddox was called out on strikes; Nelson doubled
to left; Howard tripled to right [Nelson scored]; MCCRAW RAN FOR
HOWARD; Billings hit a sacrifice fly to center [McCraw scored];
Burroughs flied out to right; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox 1,
Senators 6.

RED SOX 8TH: MCCRAW STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 1B); Montgomery
flied out to right; SCOTT BATTED FOR TATUM; Scott singled to
left; Griffin forced Scott (shortstop to second); Aparicio flied
out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Red Sox 1, Senators 6.

SENATORS 8TH: CURTIS REPLACED SCOTT (PITCHING); Harrah singled
to left; Unser singled to right [Harrah to third]; Harrah was
caught stealing home (catcher unassisted) [Unser to second];
Cullen was called out on strikes; Grzenda struck out; 0 R, 2 H,
0 E, 1 LOB.  Red Sox 1, Senators 6.

RED SOX 9TH: Lahoud struck out; Smith struck out; Petrocelli
struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox 1, Senators 6.



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